Teach gun safety

Published: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Monday, July 15, 2013 at 2:06 p.m.

Editor: What is wrong with you people? A shooting range will be a great place for young people to go and learn about guns and how to use them. Nowadays people can't get their phones out of their ear to teach their children for some reason. If barbecue isn't involved in it, the county doesn't want it. We have no place to go shoot other than our backyard.

When I was young and in the Boy Scouts, a great man who I look up to still today and his brother, Ronnie and Bruce Nance (Bruce died in a car crash), took more time teaching children about guns and safety than my own dad. That's the problem, the youths have nothing to do, no skateboard parks, nowhere to go to a movie, no one to teach them to shoot.

Wonder why no one says a thing about the police range? I'll tell why: protect and serve. People, I'll tell you times have changed. People break in on you for money, people rob you at teller machines, carjackings, and if you don't know how to use a gun right then, blame someone who couldn't take time out of their life to teach you. You can't fire a gun in the city because of the laws, so we need somewhere here to shoot.

Maybe just maybe someone will teach some of the young people what guns are about. So maybe the signs at Main Street should read "keep your money in the county."

<p>Editor: What is wrong with you people? A shooting range will be a great place for young people to go and learn about guns and how to use them. Nowadays people can't get their phones out of their ear to teach their children for some reason. If barbecue isn't involved in it, the county doesn't want it. We have no place to go shoot other than our backyard.</p><p>When I was young and in the Boy Scouts, a great man who I look up to still today and his brother, Ronnie and Bruce Nance (Bruce died in a car crash), took more time teaching children about guns and safety than my own dad. That's the problem, the youths have nothing to do, no skateboard parks, nowhere to go to a movie, no one to teach them to shoot.</p><p>Wonder why no one says a thing about the police range? I'll tell why: protect and serve. People, I'll tell you times have changed. People break in on you for money, people rob you at teller machines, carjackings, and if you don't know how to use a gun right then, blame someone who couldn't take time out of their life to teach you. You can't fire a gun in the city because of the laws, so we need somewhere here to shoot.</p><p>Maybe just maybe someone will teach some of the young people what guns are about. So maybe the signs at Main Street should read "keep your money in the county."</p><p>Donald Felker</p><p>Lexington</p>